Oldest complete ms. of a Hebrew scripture yet
discovered, datable before 100 BCE. Some wording varies from later
standard Massoretic Hebrew text. It was the identification of this
scroll (1948) that alerted the world to the
importance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Found in Cave 1 at Qumran
( 1947) & purchased by the Syrian Orthodox
archbishop of Jerusalem, the great Isaiah
scroll was acquired by Israel in 1954 &
has been the central exhibit in Jerusalem's Shrine
of the Book since 1965.